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Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Gazprom have held talks in Vladivostok with Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene at the Russian-organized Eastern Economic Forum amid efforts by Russia to push forward with a natural gas pipeline to China across Mongolia, which is sandwiched in Central Asia between both big powers.

Canada is moving to avoid being blamed for natural gas supplies to Germany being cut off by Russian company Gazprom by returning a gas turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that had been seized under sanctions when sent to Montreal by Siemens Energy for a scheduled maintenance programme.